Your Guide to Civil Liberties
January 29, 2010
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By Tom Head
Citizens United v. FEC: Elections and Corporate Free Speech
“Liberals need to be pushing for specific, constructive reform that achieves the intended objectives–not flailing around declaring democracy dead, attacking the ACLU, revising the First Amendment, and misrepresenting the content of the ruling.”
Do Corporations Have Rights?
“Unless the Supreme Court has fundamentally changed its definition of what a corporation is–and I have found no evidence that it has–it would be accurate to say that a corporation can be treated as a person, for some purposes, because (and only because) of the rights of the human persons who created, and/or administer, it.”
More: http://civilliberty.about.com/od/freetradeopenmarkets/f/Do-Corporations-Have-Rights.htm
The First Amendment: Text, Origins, and Meaning
“The founding father most concerned–some might say obsessed–with free speech and free religious exercise was Thomas Jefferson, who had already implemented several similar protections in the constitution of his home state of Virginia. It was Jefferson who ultimately persuaded James Madison to propose the Bill of Rights, and the First Amendment was Jefferson’s top priority.”
More: http://civilliberty.about.com/od/firstamendment/tp/First-Amendment.htm
Censorship in the United States: An Illustrated Timeline
“The right to free speech is a longstanding U.S. tradition, but actually respecting the right to free speech is not.”
More: http://civilliberty.about.com/od/freespeech/tp/History-of-Censorship.htm
Helpful Reading:
The Bill of Rights – First Ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution http://civilliberty.about.com/od/uscivillibertie1/a/billofrights.htm
Is Universal Health Care a Human Right? http://civilliberty.about.com/od/equalrights/f/Health-Care-Human-Right.htm
Your Rights http://civilliberty.about.com/od/americancivilliberties1/u/Your-Rights.htm
Civil Liberties Issues and Views http://civilliberty.about.com/od/americancivilliberties1/u/Civil-Liberties-Issues.htm
Activism – Resources for Human Rights and Civil Liberties Activists http://civilliberty.about.com/od/activismadvocacy/u/Activism.htm
Website of interest:
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/
Source:
http://specials.about.com/service/newsletters/civilliberty/1264802400.htm
